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Dance Copyright Enforced by DMCA
goombah99 writes "The "creator" of the Dance move known as the electric slide has filed a DMCA based takedown notice for videos he deems to infringe and because they show "bad dancing". He is also seeking compensation from the use of the dance move at a wedding celebration shown on the Ellen Degeneres Show. Next up, the Funky Chicken, the moonwalk, and the Hustle? More seriously, does the DMCA have any limit on its scope?"
Richard Silver is lucky that noone's managed to copyright crap web pages. His page (with animated email gif & quicktime plugin required) does not leave a font, colour, alignment, highlighting, style or indentation untouched.
My eyeballs feel.... violated.
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
No more copyrighted music at weddings without a license. I'm sure somebody owns the copyright on "Here comes the Bride". You can license it for your wedding at the low low price of $1995.
Maybe this guy thought the DMCA was the Dance Millenium Copyright Act and wanted send the dance dance people to sing sing.
the Pogo!
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How about stretching and yawning at the same time! I'll make billions!!!
That's just copywrong.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
Should it be patented or copyrighted?
I guess that mean we must stop moonwalking all over the place or be sued by Michael Jackson.
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They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
...but since this is the internet, I'd probably make more money if I copyright the 'Dirty Sanchez', 'Standing up in a shower doing it from behind' and 'Two midgets, a trapeze and the running start'.
He's not trying to stop people from doing the Electric Slide, he's trying to stop people from doing it incorrectly! He's mroe than willing to share the correct steps with everyone!
Of course trying to drill the correct steps into the thick booze-addled skulls of all the way-behind-the-curve morons that show up at people's weddings and make asses of themselves may be just a much a fool's errand as...well...getting Slashdot idiots to read articles!
You're using her as bait, Master!
makes me wish the electric slide was suddenly turned into the electric water slide.
I'm tagging this with "apostrophe." Slashdot editors, gb2hs.
I had but a simple dream, to destroy all humans.
Copyright infringement over choreography?!!?
Bring it on!
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
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Next up, the Funky Chicken, the moonwalk, and the Hustle?
Michael Jackson has patented the melting nose.
Table-ized A.I.
"I feel a SONG coming on!"
Old Man, there's no need to feel down
I said Old Man, pick your feet off the ground
I said Old Man, there's a new law in town
Lawsuits can make you feel happy
Old Man, here's what you must do
I said Old Man, do what your lawyer says to
You can sue them, and I'm sure that you'll find
They won't violate your copyright!
It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A!
It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A!
It has everything you need to sue
You can even screw YouTube!
It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A!
It's fun to sue with the D-M-C-A!
You can take down the vids,
You can enforce your rights
It's all within your sights!
Eye kneed eh Grammer chicken.
If only they did this with the Macarena.
What do you think this is, a cheerocracy????
Understanding the scope of the problem is the first step on the path to true panic.
And if this goes to court & gets appealed, we can Bring It On Again
Then, when the case finally makes it to the Supreme Court, one party can say to the other: Bring It On: All or Nothing
I'm not sure what they're going to call the next sequel, maybe "Bring It On - Cheerleaders Lobbying Congress"
Maybe that would work better as a Girls Gone Wild video...
[Fuck Beta]
o0t!
That's the one I'd go for and then sue those who performed it at a public event, especially a rich bastard who yelled "Developer, developer, developer" while doing it.
Incoming chair, duck!!
There'll be no dancing around this issue.
What's he's doing isn't *clearly* right or wrong.
Wrong: He's getting litigious for no good reason.
Right: He's trying to stop people from doing The Electric Slide.
Non impediti ratione cogitationus.
That's why Futurama sang a different variant in the episode with Nibbler's Birthday.
Probably because through a series of Mickey Mouse protection acts, it's *still* copyrighted in year 3000.
Live today, because you never know what tomorrow brings
"Screw that. I'm going to copyright "bring woman to orgasm."
:-o
As a work of fiction?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
Free as in mason.